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| Qingming: a festival of commemoration |
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| Qingming means clear and bright in Chinese. It is a traditional festival for Chinese people to remember their ancestors and deceased relatives. This year the festival falls on April 4. |
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| 2008-04-03 |
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| In memory of the dead |
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| A chrysanthemum flower is held as policemen stand in line to mourn at a martyr public grave ahead of the Qingming Festival in Changsha, Hunan province April 2, 2008. |
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| 2008-04-03 |
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| St. Stupid's Day Parade |
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| A member of the First Church of the Last Laugh marches in the 30th Annual St. Stupid's Day Parade down the streets of the financial district in San Francisco, California... |
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| 2008-04-02 |
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| Olympic Flame arrives at Beijing |
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| The chartered Olympic Torch plane Airbus A330, which carries the Olympic Flame lit in Ancient Olympia, Greece, is seen in this photo March 31, 2008. The plane arrived at... |
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| 2008-03-31 |
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| Olympic Flame to arrive in China |
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| Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi (L) takes the torch with the Olympic flame from Minos Kyriakou, president of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, during the handover ceremony of the Beijing... |
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| 2008-03-31 |
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| Passing the flame in Greece |
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| Greek children holding a torch of the 2008 Beijing Olympics pose for photographers in Giannitsa, Greece March 27, 2008. The Olympic flame travelled for the fourth day... |
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| 2008-03-28 |
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| Dog prays at Japanese Zen temple |
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| One and a-half years old Chihuahua dog 'Conan' prays with his owner and chief priest Joei Yoshikuni during a morning pray at the Shuri-Kannondo temple in Okinawa... |
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| 2008-03-26 |
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| Same Easter, different celebrations |
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| Women dressed as Easter Eggs attend the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, March 24, 2008. The traditional White House... |
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| 2008-03-25 |
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| When Marilyn Monroe meets Chinese master |
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| The pictures made by Zhang Wei, a Chinese contemporary artist, combine Qi Baishi's fanciful watercolor figures and voluptuous images of Marilyn Monroe. |
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| 2008-03-21 |
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| 2nd Asian Film Awards |
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| Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai (L) and South Korean actress Jeon Do-yeon pose backstage with their trophies at the 2nd Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong... |
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| 2008-03-18 |
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